How do you stop high condensation in a house?
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How do you stop high condensation in a house?
Milly Bassier
Sept. 27, 2021Last updated: Sept. 29, 2021
I built a home in Jamaica, I'm experiencing a lot of condensation. I bought a dehumidifier, we empty it twice per day. Secondly, all the closets, bed head etc has a white powdery substance that smells awful. What can we do to eliminate this problem.
The white powdery substance you are seeing on your walls is efflorescence, which in itself isn't really dangerous. The problem, as you know, is that its presence indicates elevated moisture levels, and there are other problems that high humidity and condensation on walls can bring. This page is a great place to start understanding what is going on –
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牙买加属于热带气候,因此相当潮湿,所以相对湿度高并不奇怪。你使用除湿机的步骤是正确的,问题是你的除湿机显然没有能力处理房子里所有的空气。首先,你的房子里有地漏吗?比起每天清空除湿器,更可靠的方法是让除湿器和家里的其他废水一起通过软管排出,这样当除湿器满了而你不在旁边时,除湿器就不会关闭。
Is there anything special about your house that can help us solve this with you? It the home insulated and air conditioned, or do you just keep windows open for natural ventilation? If you have a dehumidifier you likely are keeping it sealed and treating the air, I just want to be sure of the conditions before we try problem solving it. If you do keep it sealed up, I would say step one is getting a second dehumidifier, but check the capacity to ensure that at least both of them together have the capacity to handle the volume of air in your house.